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"I don't oppose Islam as a country."
August 11, 2013 at 8:14 am
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Quote:(CNN) -- A candidate in Australia's parliamentary elections referred to Islam as a country. As a result, she's now referred to as a former candidate.
Stephanie Banister, a 27-year-old welder running for a seat in Rankin, Queensland, unleashed a series of blunders during an interview with CNN affiliate 7 News.
"I don't oppose Islam as a country, but I do feel that their laws should not be welcome here in Australia," Banister said.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/11/world/...?hpt=hp_c2
There's an idea. We can make each religion a country, pack all of their followers in there and then withhold sanctions against them until we starve them out.
We can recarve the middle east for them, right?
With any luck they'll war amongst themselves. "The Christians are going to war with the Islamists! It's looking bad. News at eleven."
Quote:Banister was a candidate for the anti-immigration One Nation party in next month's elections. The interview gained her worldwide notoriety -- with commentators describing her as the "Australian Sarah Palin."
Well that's just rude.
Quote:Her campaign lasted a total of 48 hours.
So unforgiving, Politics.
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RE: "I don't oppose Islam as a country."
August 11, 2013 at 2:33 pm
(August 11, 2013 at 2:24 pm)Chuck Wrote: (August 11, 2013 at 8:14 am)Rahul Wrote: .
I suppose Muslims should consider her a new prophet for performing the miracle of literally putting Islam on the map.
Maybe she's the Hidden Imam bringing the final Caliphate.
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RE: "I don't oppose Islam as a country."
August 11, 2013 at 2:38 pm
She plays with fire and metal for a living...she gets my vote. Mmm-hmm...
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RE: "I don't oppose Islam as a country."
August 11, 2013 at 2:46 pm
(August 11, 2013 at 11:58 am)CleanShavenJesus Wrote: http://atheistforums.org/thread-20318.html
However, this thread includes the fact that her campaign ended. LOL. Like Min said, if it were America, she'd still be a strong candidate.
Love the new avatar pic. Shit, I've got to watch that movie again. I haven't seen it in like 12 years. Since I broke up with that girl before I met my wife. She was obsessed with that movie.
Movie was good. She was not so good.
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RE: "I don't oppose Islam as a country."
August 12, 2013 at 3:33 am
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I don't even understand how people can be so ignorant in this day and age? The internet has everything we could ever want to know right there at our fingertips.
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RE: "I don't oppose Islam as a country."
September 8, 2013 at 1:44 pm
Quote:The internet has everything we could ever want to know right there at our fingertips.[quote]
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‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson